Welcome to the third and final part of my Civic Type R story, a fitting tribute to a truly amazing car! The next thing I wanted was a big loud exhaust, so I decided to go for the M2 stainless steel with the right and upwards Japanese "kick" style. I also bought a unsilenced centre pipe too, I believe it was Supersprint but can't remember exactly. It looked the business and sounded amazing! (I'l try to get a video up on Instagram later on). After having the boring K&N cone filter on for quite a while I decided to change the air intake to the Tegiwa carbon airbox. It should of cost £350 but I got it in a sale for around £280. It is a blatant copy of the Gruppe M, which are priced around £650-£780 new! Even the second hand ones were usually more expensive than a new Tegiwa copy. Tegiwa's customer service and deliveries are pretty woeful I found though. The parts came with no instructions and it took me about 3 weeks and numerous complains to get them sent via email. Then when I later ordered the silicone intake pipe off them (which cost me £50) they sent me the small silicone breather pipe instead (which cost £18), and it took me ages and loads of hassle to get it changed! Because I didn't fit the Scuttle Insert Kit, that covers the hole between the scoop and the box, I ended up with a massive water leak. Water was going behind the scuttle and into the heater vent, and then flooding the passenger footwell. Apparently this never happens as I couldn't find anything about it online, and it took me absolutely ages to find where it was coming from. After fitting the scuttle insert, I set about removing the carpets, cleaning all the interior (as it started to smell damp) and drying it all out. Once that was done (which was quite enjoyable to be honest), I had the car exactly how I wanted it. It looked great, it sounded great and it drove great! I was toying with the idea of a remap, but it involves getting a new ECU which made it a very expensive job, as you couldn't reprogram the standard one. I loved keeping the civic clean, and the snow foam attachment for my pressure washer was amazing! A few pictures of my nice clean car :D But then in May of this year, I had a car cut me up on a roundabout while I was on my way home from work, dinting the nearside front wing, scuffing the bumper and trashing the nearside wheel. The car was then classed as a CAT D insurance write-off because they said it would cost too much to repair...but £25 later and a trip to my local scrapyard and it was spot on again!
The upside is I got an insurance pay out and bought the car back at scrap value (albeit a very high scrap value!). That money then went towards buying my campervan project. Once I bought the van I started taking the non-standard parts off, and put the car pretty much back to standard and put it up for sale. Last week though, I had to say my final goodbye. A couple of lads from the London area came up to check it out and bought it there and then, and off it went. It was quite emotional. In a way I was glad it went as I now have funds to do my van up, but owning it for 3 years it was part of the family. But all good things must come to an end, and now its time for my next adventure to start! Thanks for reading my tribute to my old Civic, and that concludes the story. Keep checking back for regular updates, see you soon!
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